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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Dune Buggy

Back in a Southern California garage in 1963 something amazing was happening. A 37 year old Bruce Meyers was building a car that would that would become an icon, the Meyers Manx... better know as the Dune Buggy. This simple car really springborded "off-road" racing into the huge sport it is today, cutting more than 5 hours of the pervious Baja 1000 record in its 1st try. This in turn caught the eye of Hollywood: Elvis, Lucy & Desi, Scooby-Doo all had to have one.

To quote Road and Track from 1976, "The Manx has to rank as one of the most significant and influential cars of all time. It started more fads, attracted more imitators... and was recognized as a genuine sculpture, a piece of art." Join Huell as he gets many smiles per mile with Bruce Meyers, and a bunch of Meyers Manx owners as they trek through the So. Cal. landscape.

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Sidecars
26:04
Huell visits the 31st Griffith Park Sidecar Rally.
Masonic Cave
27:36
Huell’s off to Amador county and the town of Volcano.
Scotty's Castle
28:17
Huell travels to Death Valley to learn about Walter Scott and the castle named after him.
Desert Tower
27:50
Join Huell as he climbs to the top of The Desert View Tower in the Imperial Valley.
San Luis Obispo Train
27:42
Join Huell in the centennial celebration of the arrival of the first steam train to SLO.
Devil's Jaw
25:40
Watch Huell as he embarks on a journey to the most dangerous spot on the California coast
John Muir Special
54:07
Huell meets and speaks to famed naturalist and Sierra Club founder "John Muir" reenacted.
Delta Encounters
53:31
Huell’s embarks on a Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta cruise aboard Tule Queen.
Half Dome
51:55
Huell has the adventure of a lifetime when he climbs Yosemite’s formidable Half Dome.
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